“…It is a species with great international appeal within the ornamental fish trade, as it is among the most commercialized Potamotrygonidae species in Brazil, being exported to several countries in the world, mainly to the Asian, European, and North American (Charvet et al, 2018). It is listed as "Vulnerable" by the International Union for the Conservation of Natural Resources -IUCN (IUCN, 2023), and this status is justified due to the use of limited natural distribution, increasing pollution, loss of habitat associated with illegal mining and to the construction of the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Plant on the Xingu River (Sanches et al, 2021).…”